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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Tottenham 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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It may be interesting to note the following particulars
taken from Robinson's History and Antiquities of Tottenham.

Table: The Population of the Parish of Tottenham, as taken in the years 1801 and 1811.

The Population of the Parish of Tottenham, as taken in the years 1801 and 1811.

Houses.Families.Males.Females.Total Persons.
1801.High Cross Ward1972605196121131
Middle „1932545586891247
Lower „193196447503950
Wood Green „6471154140294
Total674781167819443622
1811.High Cross Ward2833097008431543
Middle „2693177288841612
Lower „2072405206671187
Wood Green „7281202227429
Total831947215026214771

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The amount of population in 1801 3,622
Increase of population between the years
1801 and 1811 1,149

Table: The comparative state of the population of the Parish of Tottenham from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Parish Register begins in the year 1558:—

The comparative state of the population of the Parish of Tottenham from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Parish Register begins in the year 1558:—

Baptisms.Average about.Burials.Average about.
From 1559 to 15681381416617
„ 1600 ,, 16103093134735
„ 1700 „ 17103453446947
,, 1795 „ 1804-98-86
„ 1805 „ 1814-118-90

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The Parish is more populous than the above averages
denote, a great part of the inhabitants consisting of Quakers and
other dissenters.
In the year 1603, there were 79 burials in Tottenham,
being about double the average of that period; 44 persons are
said to have died of the Plague.
In 1625 there were 54 burials.
Births.
3,179 Births were registered in the year (1,775 males and
1,622 females), giving a birth rate of 31.74 against 30.06 in 1901.
The natural increase of population, that is the increase
of births over deaths, was 1,964, that of 1901 being 1,629.
The birth rate for England and Wales for the year was
28.3, i.e. 3.44 below this district.